Diana Vreeland Quotes

I really believe in the power of playing by your own rules.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

I'm not part of any movement; I don't like being fettered.

Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist.

Who ever lives life on their own terms?

I think everyone should be their own individualized person.

To be honest, I think affiliation is anathema - if you're a rock 'n' roller, you're a lone wolf.

I'm not going to be told that I shouldn't be doing anything, or behaving in any particular way at any age of my life.

No rebellious heart is ever at ease with paths established by others.

Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.

Rebel children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory.

I'm not much of a conformist.

If a life could have a theme song - and I believe every worthwhile one has - mine is a religion, an obsession, a mania or all of these expressed in one word - individualism. I was born with that obsession, and I've never seen and do not know now a cause more worthy, more misunderstood, more seemingly hopeless and tragically needed.

If the mountains fell in the sea, Let it be, it ain't me. Got my own world to live through And I ain't gonna copy you. Now, if 6 turned up to be 9, I don't mind, I don't mind. If all the hippies cut off their hair, I don't care, I don't care. Did, 'cos I got my own world to live through And I ain't gonna copy you.

There's a lot of romance to sort of living by your own rules and sort of not subscribing to what society tells you to do, but society pushes back pretty strongly, so there's a lot of compromise that goes with that.

Her own contempt for any forms of pressure society might put on her was so profound and instinctive that she as instinctively despised anyone who paid tribute to them.

I was kind of raised with the suggestion that I had a duty to do; that life was real, life was earnest. And I hated that, actually. I needed to be liberated, to be told that I could live the life that I wanted to live; that I didn't need a job, or to be shouted at; that I could be myself; that I could be happy.

I just don't conform very well.

You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you.

People relate to the spirit of the band, which is to live your way and succeed on your own terms. There's no hypocrisy in being successful and still railing against conformity.

I'm going to be true to what I want to do, because if I care what people think about me, I'm a puppet. Which I have been in my life. And you can't live life that way, man!

I have an aversion to being mislabeled. Here's a label I'd accept: I'm an 'individual.' I'm someone who can't follow, and doesn't want to lead.

I'm very big on doing my own thing.

I never thought of punk rock as the absolute act of rebellion for the sake of rebellion. There's a lot of that in there, but for me I think punk rock was always about questioning things and making decisions for yourself, which is a great message to pass on to your kids.